"Your Majesty, please calm down! I, I made a mistake and wronged the general. But I really did not kill anyone, so your Majesty, please take a closer look!" Xia Lie kowtowed with bang bang.
Of course he was wronged.
However, Chen Shen's revenge plan was full of links, forcing him to turn his unjust accusation into a real crime...
Seeing the great anger of King Long Yan of Great Xia, Chen Zangfeng couldn't help but secretly rejoiced: "The preface and the back part are sophistry, coupled with one extremely unfavorable evidence point after another."
"Xia Lie's behavior at this moment is no longer as simple as killing cultivators in the capital!"
"In His Majesty's heart, he has committed the crime of deceiving the emperor and has truly offended Long Xin."
"Everything is as my precious grandson expected. No matter how Xia Lie tries to quibble, he will only sink deeper and deeper into the quagmire..."
"Xia Lie, until now, you still refuse to admit it?" Xia Yuanlong was furious.
If it weren't for the fact that he was the most trusted and beloved general of King Huainan, he would have given the order to have him thrown into the sky prison and tortured a hundred times!
At this time, Chen Zangfeng interrupted at the right time: "Xia Lie, why are you so stubborn? Do you really think you can deceive His Majesty?"
"Old man Chen, your back hurts when you stand and talk!" Xia Lie was extremely angry and yelled.
In front of the king, in the main hall, he dared to speak carelessly. This made Xia Yuanlong even more angry towards him...
Chen Zangfeng, however, always looked heartbroken and regretful. He sighed and said, "In the final analysis, you acted righteously to prevent my grandson from being unfairly punished. I am grateful in my heart. I believe that even if you plead guilty, His Majesty will be magnanimous."
I won’t let you risk your life! Why do you do this?”
"Stop being so pretentious here!"
Xia Lie raised his head fiercely, and the rage of being wronged made him boldly look directly at the King of Great Xia, and squeezed out a few big words through his teeth: "I am innocent, how can I be beaten into a crime?"
Anger burned his reason, so much so that Xia Lie actually used Xuan Neng to record his words.
With his Xuan Qi cultivation of a one-star Xuan King, now the Qi is filling his throat, and his loud words have already resounded throughout the palace!
Xia Caiyue, who was outside the hall, heard this, her legs suddenly softened, and she collapsed on the ground: "What, what happened? Damn it! No matter what happened, as a minister, how could Xia Lie be so rude to the emperor?
This brainless fool!"
Thinking of this, she hurriedly stood up and pushed out the heavy door with both palms - "Bang!"
"Creak..."
The palace door is wide open!
"Who dares to trespass into Yang Temple? They will be killed without mercy!"
At the same time as a long roar sounded, ten black figures rushed from all directions in the blink of an eye.
Judging from the power of mystical energy they unleashed, they were all eight-star and nine-star mystical master level experts - the Ten Dragon Guards of the Imperial Palace!
After pushing open the palace door, Caiyue did not rush in, but hurriedly knelt down on her knees and shouted sharply: "Caiyue did not have any malicious intention in forcing the door open, but I just beg your majesty to look at my father's face and forgive Uncle Xia Lie's recklessness.
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She was quite obedient. She knelt down when she opened the door to show her submission. At the same time, she announced her family status, allowing the murderous Ten Dragon Guards to kill him without any scruples. She turned her questioning eyes to the King of Great Xia, as if
Waiting for his decision.
"What a good fight, Xia Lie, you are very good!" Xia Yuanlong did not directly state whether to kill or not, but said these words coldly.
On the one hand, it was because Xia Lie's identity was indeed somewhat special, and the King of Huainan did not have much respect for him.
On the other hand, to this day, Xia Lie's attitude of refusing to plead guilty is extremely tough, so tough that he can even risk his life. Why is this so?
Unless, he was really wronged!
The King of Great Xia's hesitation and ambiguous words at this moment made Xia Caiyue grasp the hope: "It seems that there is still room for relaxation?"
After thinking about this, the girl hurriedly said: "I wonder what kind of crime Xia Lie has committed to make His Majesty Long Yan furious?"
Xia Yuanlong snorted coldly and nodded to the eunuch Li Zongming. The latter understood and summarized the whole incident to Xia Caiyue.
After hearing this, the treacherous Xia Caiyue was stunned on the spot.
Xia Lie committed a murder to seek justice for Chen Shen? How is this possible? He was loyal to the King of Huainan and wished that Chen Shen would die early and the Chen family would die early!
However, multiple sources of evidence pointed out that Xia Lie was the most suspect. Chen Zangfeng was actually the "cleanest" because he stayed with the King of Daxia before and after the crime.
alibi.
Xia Lie, on the other hand, spent the whole day with Shao Wenkai and Xia Caiyue drawing boats on the West Lake and discussing secret matters.
This alibi is absolutely impossible to produce. If you are not careful, it will add fuel to the fire and ruin the situation.
As for outsiders killing people and setting fires...that's even more nonsense!
If it were really an assassin from an enemy country, with the strength of an eight-star or nine-star Xuan Master or even Xuan Wang realm, who would have nothing to do to assassinate three torture hall teachers from the imperial capital schools? And why would he leave a note to frame Xia Lie? This is unavoidable
It's too unreasonable.
"What happened? Who put the blame for the murder of three disciples on Xia Lie? What was his intention in doing this?" Xia Caiyue was puzzled.
Because her direction was wrong from the beginning - in her subconscious, she never thought that the whole thing would be related to Chen Shen.
How could a prisoner who had all his property confiscated and been imprisoned in the Blackwater Dungeon control everything in the outside world as he pleased?
After a moment, Xia Caiyue took a deep breath and said in a crisp voice: "You asked me to die, but I had to die. Logically speaking, I shouldn't have to defend Xia Lie."
"But Uncle Xialie has watched my daughter grow up after all. She regards him as a foster father, so I boldly ask Your Majesty, can you listen to my daughter and let the whole incident come to light?"
Xia Yuanlong still had a straight face and said coldly: "Tell me more."
The green-haired and blue-eyed girl talked eloquently: "Judging from the note left by the man, he knew very well the entire process of Chen Shen's torture. Come to think of it, he must have been present at the time!"
"In my opinion, why don't we go to the Water Prison of the Academy in person and investigate more carefully, maybe we can find clues to the real murderer."
Xia Caiyue thought about it, since the note mentioned that the three torture hall instructors practiced heavy punishment for minor crimes and abused lynching, the real murderer must have witnessed it all with his own eyes.
Otherwise, how could he know such details? It couldn't have been leaked by the three instructors themselves, right? Unless they didn't want to live anymore.
Abuse of lynching and heavy punishment for minor crimes was nothing more than repayment. In addition, they were also ordered to plant exploding Gu worms in Chen Shen's body!
Once this matter is revealed, not only will they die, but their relatives will also be implicated.
After eliminating all these unfavorable external factors, Xia Caiyue is confident that with her intelligence, she will be able to find out the real murderer as long as she goes to the scene to observe...